The evolution of hardware platforms for mobile ´software defined radio´ terminals

Author

Kokozinski, Rainer ; Greifendorf, D. ; Stammen, Jeorg ; Jung, Peter

Author_Institution

Fraunhofer-Inst. fur Mikroelektronische Schaltungen und Syst. (IMS), Duisburg, Germany

Volume

5

fYear

2002

fDate

15-18 Sept. 2002

Firstpage

2389

Abstract

The deployment of communication systems mainly depends on the availability of appropriate microelectronics. Therefore, the Fraunhofer-Institut fur Mikroelektronische Schaltungen und Systeme (IMS) considers the combined approach to communication and microelectronic system design as crucial. The paper explores the impact of anticipated communication services for future wireless communication systems on the evolution of microelectronics for wireless terminals. A roadmap is presented which predicts the hardware/software split of future software defined radio terminals (SDR terminals). Additionally, a new philosophy for analog and digital codesign is introduced, which may help to accelerate the appearance of mobile software defined radio terminals.

Keywords

analogue integrated circuits; digital integrated circuits; hardware-software codesign; mobile radio; radio receivers; radio transmitters; software radio; SDR terminals; analog/digital codesign; communication system design; hardware platforms; hardware/software codesign; microelectronic system design; microelectronics evolution; mobile radio; receiver design; software defined radio; transmitter design; Automobiles; Baseband; Digital signal processing chips; Energy consumption; Hardware; Microelectronics; Mobile communication; Radio frequency; Software radio; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2002. The 13th IEEE International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7589-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.2002.1046572

Filename

1046572